NASA recently released a 1.5 billion pixel image of the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, which contains over 100 million stars and spans more than 40,000 light years – and that’s just a section of the galaxy. This image, created from a mosaic of 411 Hubble pictures, was then used by YouTuber daveachuk to... Continue Reading →

Meet Easton LaChappelle, a 17-year old high school student from Colorado. When Easton was only 14, he decided to build a robotic hand from LEGO, fishing line, and a few servos. His project won the teen 3rd prize at the Colorado Science Fair. It was there that he met a 7-year old girl that was... Continue Reading →

La Paz, the capital city of the state of Baja California Sur, will claim the mantle of the first entirely solar-powered city in Latin America when the 25-megawatt Grupotec I solar power plant goes online in June. That plant, along with the existing 30-megawatt Aura Solar plant near the city's airport, is expected to generate... Continue Reading →

The deep frying process isn't just useful for livening up your food -- it might also be the ticket to better batteries in your mobile devices. South Korean researchers have created highly conductive, stable electrode materials by spraying graphene oxide droplets into a very hot blend of acid and organic solvent, much like you'd dip... Continue Reading →

Before Pope Francis holds Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway in September, in front of an expected crowd of 2 million, he'll have a few other places to visit, according to reports. The Catholic News Agency reports that the Pope is expected to arrive in the United States on Sept. 22 and leave Sept. 27.... Continue Reading →

The immune system is something that is highly misunderstood not just by everyday people but also by the many conventional doctors who we depend on for health advice. Most people resort to things like synthetic vitamins and medicines (ignoring better natural alternatives) to deal with colds and improve immunity, but the cycle of sickness always... Continue Reading →

A 5 foot x 40 foot aquaponic unit can completely feed 8 adults all year long "FOREVER" on less than an hour a day of maintenance. A 1/4 acre aquaponic farm can hold 20,000 lbs of fish and grow 70,000 vegetables! See it explained here: http://youtu.be/eX-2YmVjohU See it in action here: http://youtu.be/mCCN4nq7BlQ?t=7s Aquaponics is a symbiotic... Continue Reading →

Researchers have demonstrated a new way to enhance the emission of single photons by using "hyperbolic metamaterials," a step toward creating devices in work aimed at developing quantum computers and communications technologies. Optical metamaterials harness clouds of electrons called surface plasmons to manipulate and control light. Purdue University researchers had previously created "superlattices" from layers... Continue Reading →

Humans are “eating away at our own life support systems” at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases, and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found. Two major new studies by an international team of researchers have pinpointed the... Continue Reading →

The summer of 2013 found Michael Balzer in good health. A few years earlier, he’d struggled with a long illness that had cost him his job. As he recovered, he built an independent career creating 3D graphics and helping his wife, a psychotherapist named Pamela Shavaun Scott, develop treatments for video game addiction. Balzer’s passion... Continue Reading →